How To Install neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is neutron-plugin-ml2
neutron-plugin-ml2 is:
Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Modular Layer 2 plugin.
There are three methods to install neutron-plugin-ml2
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
How To Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the neutron-plugin-ml2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-plugin-ml2
Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-plugin-ml2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-plugin-ml2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-plugin-ml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.